Question
Explain the following words/ terms. Empirical Investigation, Ideology, Legitimacy, palygamy, polygeny, Monogamy.
Solution
Empirical Investigation : Factual enquiry carried out in any given area of sociological study.
Ideology : Shared ideas or beliefs, which serve to justify the interests of dominant groups. Ideologies are found in all societies in which there are systematic and engrained inequalities between groups. The concepts of ideology connects clearly with that of power, since ideological system serve to legitimise the differential power which groups hold.
Legitimacy : The belief that a particular political order in just and valid.
Polygamy : When marriage involves more than one mate at one time.
Polygyny : When more than one woman is married to a man.
Monogamy : When marriage involves one husband and one wife above.
